As the U.S. reduces its nuclear arsenal, what might the next arms race look like? Assuming current nuclear trends continue, the next two decades will test America’s security and that of its closest allies as they never have been tested before. Before 2020, the United Kingdom could find its nuclear forces eclipsed not only by those of Pakistan, but of Israel and of India. Soon thereafter, France may share the same fate. read more

Brian M. Jenkins and John Lauder: The Nuclear Terrorism Threat: How Real Is It? (Working Paper 1602)
NPEC Working Paper 1602, “The Nuclear Terrorism Threat: How Real Is It?” presents two opposed views on the threat of nuclear terrorism. Brian M. Jenkins, a Rand analyst and a leading expert on nuclear terrorism, argues that the threat is overblown. John Lauder, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Nonproliferation Center, argues the opposing case that the threat is growing and we need to be hedging against it now.
Working Papers

John Batchelor Show reviews Underestimated
NPEC's executive director discusses Underestimed: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future on the John Batchelor Show. For the full audio of this interview, click here.
Interviews; Audio & Video

Hoover Institution Hosts NPEC Panel on Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future
On July 14, 2015, the Hoover Institution hosted a seminar focusing on two new books on nuclear proliferation. The first was NPEC's latest book, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future. The second book, The War That Must Never Be Fought, was co-edited by George P. Shultz's and James Goodby.
A video of the event is available below.
Interviews; Audio & Video

Jun 30, 2015

The Heritage Foundation Hosts NPEC Panel on Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future
On June 30, 2015, Brian Finlay from The Stimson Center and Dr. Matthew Kroenig from Georgetown University joined NPEC's executive director, Henry Sokolski, for a panel discussion of the key findings in NPEC's latest book, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future. The event was moderated by Michaela Dodge, Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation.
Audio & Video

Jun 19, 2015

Hudson Institute Hosts NPEC Panel on Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future
On June 19, 2015, Tod Lindberg from the Hoover Institution, and former Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim joined NPEC's executive director, Henry Sokolski, for a panel discussion of the key findings in NPEC's latest book, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future. The event was moderated by Lee Smith, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Audio & Video

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), is a 501 (c)3 nonpartisan, nonprofit,
educational organization
founded in 1994 to promote a better understanding of strategic weapons proliferation issues. NPEC educates
policymakers, journalists,
and university professors about proliferation threats and possible new policies and measures to meet them.